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Lightroom 3.6 and Camera Raw 6.6 available on Adobe Labs

Lightroom 3.6 and Camera Raw 6.6 are now available as Release Candidates on Adobe Labs. The ‘release candidate’ label indicates that this update is well tested but would benefit from additional community testing before it is distributed automatically to all of our customers. The final releases of Lightroom 3.6 and Camera Raw 6.6 may have additional corrections or camera support.

New Camera Support in Lightroom 3.6 and Camera Raw 6.6 Release Candidates

Canon PowerShot S100

Nikon 1 J1

Nikon 1 V1

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1

Samsung NX5

New Lens Profile Support in Lightroom 3.6 and Camera Raw 6.6 Release Candidates

Lens Name

Lens Mount

Sigma DP2x

Sigma

Sigma 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 DG HSM II

Canon

Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM II

Canon

Sigma 150mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro

Canon

Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro

Canon

Sigma 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 DG HSM II

Nikon

Sigma 150mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro

Nikon

Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro

Nikon

Sigma 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 DG HSM II

Sigma

Sigma 120-300mm F2.8 EX DG OS APO HSM

Sigma

Sigma 150mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro

Sigma

Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro

Sigma

Sigma 50-200mm F4-5.6 DC OS HSM

Sony

Mamiya AF 35mm f/3.5

Phase One

Mamiya AF 45mm f/2.8

Phase One

Mamiya Sekor AF 28mm f/4.5 D Aspherical

Phase One

Mamiya Sekor AF 80mm f/2.8 D

Phase One

Mamiya Sekor AF 55mm f/2.8 LS D

Phase One

Mamiya Sekor AF 80mm f/2.8 LS D

Phase One

Mamiya Sekor AF 110mm f/2.8 LS D

Phase One

Mamiya Sekor AF 150mm f/3.5 LS

Phase One

Phase One 28 mm Digital AF f/4.5 Aspherical

Phase One

Phase One 35 mm Digital AF f/3.5

Phase One

Phase One 45 mm Digital AF f/2.8

Phase One

Phase One 80 mm Digital AF f/2.8

Phase One

Schneider-Kreuznach 55 mm LS f/2.8

Phase One

Schneider-Kreuznach 110 mm LS f/2.8

Phase One

Schneider-Kreuznach 150 mm LS f/3.5

Phase One

Nikon 1 NIKKOR 10mm f/2.8

Nikon

Nikon 1 NIKKOR VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6

Nikon

Nikon AF-S DX Micro-NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8G

Nikon

Bugs Corrected in the Lightroom 3.6 Release Candidate

The following bugs that were part of previous Lightroom 3 releases have been corrected. The team appreciates the very detailed feedback the community has provided on Lightroom 3 and we’re excited to correct a number of issues experienced by our customers. These issues have been FIXED

Lightroom 3.5 did not update the correct metadata fields in a file after adjusting the capture time of an image

Publish Collections created prior to Lightroom 3.4 designed to publish to a Hard Drive could fail to work properly in Lightroom 3.5

The Targeted Adjustment Tool provided the reverse value intended when used on OS X 10.7

Gotta say overall that this new policy will likely not resonate well with the enthusiast/hobbyist crowd, and may also encounter resistance in corporate accounts where subscriptions need approval from higher ups every month (which may result in just reducing the number of seats).

Definitely NOT fixed:
“Editing a crop that had previously been copied from another file would fail to retain the copied aspect ratio.”

The crop loses its ratio as soon as you make a sizing adjustment to it if you grab it by a corner. However, If you grab the crop by an edge, it will maintain the crop ratio – just like it did in previous versions.

Cheers for the 3.6 RC. Initial testing here at the world headquarters (my dining room) have been 100% solid. Looking forward to taking it into the field later this week. That’s where it usually misbehaves, right? I’ll post if anything’s not perfect.

We appreciate the work you put into fixing this and how quickly you got the RC up!

I’d love multiple CF card simultaneous download. How has this been missed for so long? This is the crux of the wedding photographer’s workflow. (I have image names that run into each other, multiple camera’s and cards during one import.)

You went through all this trouble to make the import dialog awesome, and left this simple feature out.

I’m very surprised. I guess i’ll have to plop down another $100 for photomechanic.

I have no interest in ANY product I have to subscribe to. This is, alas a dealbreaker for me and many others I know. We don’t like things we don’t own and control. I for one also consider the “cloud” concept too risky. I like my stuff right here with me where I and I alone control it. Not on the cloud where Adobe, no matter how noble their intentions, has access to it.

I am having trouble importing files from my desktop that were shot on my Canon 5d MkII tethered with Canon software; I am trying to put them in Lightroom 3. It will take the first shot in the folder and then not be able read the rest. I get an error message in a popup window that list the files to either SaveAs or OK. I have looked at all of the boards and am stumped.There is no file number duplication within Lightroom. If I use number sequencing instead of originial file number it works fine. What am I overlooking?